 They were unable to comment on the October Revolution as the "Rundschreiben" had been banned by the time it broke out.Some claim that the FVdG influenced strikes in the arms industry as early as February or March 1918, but the organization was not re-established on a national level until December 1918.On December 14, Fritz Kater started publishing "Der Syndikalist" ("The Syndicalist") in Berlin as a replacement for "Die Einigkeit."